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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:05:52PM -0500, Connie Sieh wrote:
> > RPM can request certain versions of packages. The smart and "other" have
> > requested python 2.3 . You have to ask them about the python 2.3 vs 2.4
> > issue.
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> rpm automatically extracts the required python abi from packages with
> python content and this is 2.3 for RHEL4/SL4. This isn't a choice the
> upstream projects make, but more of the vendor. So these packages and
> more are properly asking to find a RHEL4/SL4 compatible system which
> one w/o python 2.3 is not anymore.
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> If Michael would try an rpm -Va on his system it would reveal all
> now-broken python packages. yum only reveals those that are to be
> installed/updated, e.g. just the tip of the iceberg.
>
I do not understand why people do a "--nodeps" and then wonder why things
are broken.
-Connie Sieh
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